US4536545A
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Graft polymers of polymerizable monomers and olefin polymers
Assignee: Occidental Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1983-10-12
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Granted: 1985-08-20
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Expires: 2003-10-12
Abstract
Abstract Graft polymers are prepared by reacting an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer with a polymer of an olefin of 2 to about 8 carbon atoms in a process wherein the olefin polymer is substantially insoluble in the monomer but is capable of absorbing the monomer. In a preferred aspect, a vinyl halide polyolefin graft polymer is produced by reacting a solid polyolefin particle with a vinyl halide monomer in which the polyolefin is substantially insoluble, but is capable of absorbing the monomer. The solid particles can be contacted with the monomer in one step or in stages. When the stage-wise reaction is contined until the proportion of polyolefin in the polymer product is about 2 to about 20 weight percent, the resulting product can be formed to a transparent or translucent article. When a small proportion of solid polyolefin is employed in the polymerization process, both a graft polymer and a polymer of the unsaturated monomer are simultaneously produced in the same reactor and can be readily mechanically separated into the individual products.
Inventors
- 👤 Joel L. Olener
- 👤 Leigh E. Walker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 13:35
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F291/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A process for concurrently producing a polyolefin graft copolymer and a homopolymer or copolymer, which comprises: (1) mixing a monomer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer in the liquid state, with a solid polymer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon monolefin of 2 to about 8 carbon atoms, wherein the olefin polymer is substantially insoluble in the monomer, but absorbs a substantial amount of the monomer, and wherein the proportion of olefin polymer is in the range of about 0.1 to about 5 percent by weight based on the weight of ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and an initiator, and (2) heating the resulting mixture at an elevated temperature to polymerize the components to produce a mixture of solid discrete particles of the polyolefin graft copolymer and finely divided powder of the homopolymer or copolymer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
A process for concurrently producing a polyolefin graft copolymer and a homopolymer or copolymer, which comprises: (1) mixing a monomer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer in the liquid state, with a solid polymer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon monolefin of 2 to about 8 carbon atoms, wherein the olefin polymer is substantially insoluble in the monomer, but absorbs a substantial amount of the monomer, and wherein the proportion of olefin polymer is in the range of about 0.1 to about 5 percent by weight based on the weight of ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and an initiator, and (2) heating the resulting mixture at an elevated temperature to polymerize the components to produce a mixture of solid discrete particles of the polyolefin graft copolymer and finely divided powder of the homopolymer or copolymer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the product of step 2 mechanically separated into the graft copolymer product and the homopolymer or copolymer product.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
178 words
A process for concurrently producing a vinyl halide polyolefin graft copolymer and a vinyl halide polymer or copolymer, which comprises: (1) mixing a monomer comprising vinyl halide along or in combination with up to 50 percent by weight based on the total weight of monomer of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable therewith, in the liquid state, with a solid polyolefin comprising a polymer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon monolefin of 2 to about 8 carbon atoms, wherein the polyolefin is substantially insoluble in the monomer or monomers, but absorbs a substantial amount of the monomer or monomers, and wherein the proportion of polyolefin is in the range of about 0.1 to about 5 percent by weight based on the weight of vinyl halide, and an initiator for the process, and (2) heating the resulting mixture at a temperature in the range of about 30 to about 90 degrees Celsius to polymerize the components to produce a mixture of solid discrete particles of the vinyl halide polyolefin graft copolymer and finely divided powder of the vinyl halide polymer or copolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
178 words
A process for concurrently producing a vinyl halide polyolefin graft copolymer and a vinyl halide polymer or copolymer, which comprises: (1) mixing a monomer comprising vinyl halide along or in combination with up to 50 percent by weight based on the total weight of monomer of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable therewith, in the liquid state, with a solid polyolefin comprising a polymer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon monolefin of 2 to about 8 carbon atoms, wherein the polyolefin is substantially insoluble in the monomer or monomers, but absorbs a substantial amount of the monomer or monomers, and wherein the proportion of polyolefin is in the range of about 0.1 to about 5 percent by weight based on the weight of vinyl halide, and an initiator for the process, and (2) heating the resulting mixture at a temperature in the range of about 30 to about 90 degrees Celsius to polymerize the components to produce a mixture of solid discrete particles of the vinyl halide polyolefin graft copolymer and finely divided powder of the vinyl halide polymer or copolymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 3 wherein the product of step 2 is mechanically separated into the graft copolymer product and the vinyl halide polymer or copolymer product.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 3 wherein the vinyl halide is vinyl chloride.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 5 wherein the polyolefin comprises an ethylene propylene polyene terpolymer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the polyolefin is a mixture of ethylene propylene polyene terpolymer and high density polyethylene.
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